Club Spotlight: OC Firecrackers – Holcomb/Knight… A First-Year 14U To Watch

As we get ready to rank the Extra Elite Eighty 14U teams starting on Monday, we see that there are many strong first-year 14U teams including Tennessee Mojo – Danley—which won PGF 12U Nationals last summer—as well as Athletics Mercado 2023, OC Batbusters – Campbell, Arizona Storm – Appel, and the team we’re spotlighting today, OC Firecrackers – Holcomb/Knight.

Ted Holcomb, whose daughter Jenna Holcomb is a standout slapper for the Tennessee Vols, is a co-head coach along with Gregg Knight, for the squad based out of Los Alamitos, California.

Here’s a quick primer…

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Team Results (2018 Fall-2019 Spring, 14U):

• 57-10-2
• Two Triple Crown Sports championships

Top Finishes (2018)*:

• USSSA Elite National Championship finalist – Kansas City
• USSSA Elite Vegas Invitational Finalist
• TCS Zoom into June Champion (1^st of 45 teams)
• TCS Presidents Day Cup Champions (1^st of 50 teams)
• NSA Spring Mayhem Champions (1^st of 30 teams)

Top Finishes (2017):

• 2017 TCS Pre-Thanksgiving Champions (1^st of 58 teams)
• 2017 TCS Monster Mash Champions (1^st of 75 teams)
• 2017 TCS 12U Gold World Series Champions (1^st of 98 teams)
• 2017 TCS Mothers’ Day Classic Champions (1^st of 28 teams)
• 2017 PGF Nationals (17^th of 60 teams)
• 2017 PGF Shootout (5^th of 16 teams)

* Team has qualified for PGF Premier Nationals last 3 years in a row

2019 Summer Schedule:

• TCS Zoom Into June
• Colorado Sparkler Power Pool
• USA Preps Nationals
• PGF Nationals

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